Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society

2002 Monthly Bird Walks

Kirby Park Natural Area

 

January 27, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Canada Goose

53

Downy Woodpecker

7

American Black Duck

3

Hairy Woodpecker

2

Mallard

18

Northern Flicker

1

Common Goldeneye

2

Blue Jay

3

Common Merganser

19

American Crow

14

Cooper's Hawk

1

Black-capped Chickadee

20

Red-tailed Hawk

3

Tufted Titmouse

14

American Kestrel

2

White-breasted Nuthatch

8

Peregrine Falcon

1

Carolina Wren

8

Ring-billed Gull

1

Golden-crowned Kinglet

3

Rock Dove

27

Dark-eyed Junco

35

Mourning Dove

28

Northern Cardinal

4

Belted Kingfisher

1

American Goldfinch

6

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

Fox Squirrel: 1

Total Species: 27 (excluding the squirrel)

Weather: Sunny; 27 - 55 °F

 

February 24, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Canada Goose

47

Blue Jay

3

Mallard

10

American Crow

34

Common Merganser

7

Fish Crow

1

Cooper's Hawk

2

Black-capped Chickadee

14

Peregrine Falcon

2

Tufted Titmouse

12

Killdeer

1

White-breasted Nuthatch

12

Ring-billed Gull

91

Brown Creeper

1

Herring Gull

1

Carolina Wren

7

Rock Dove

5

American Robin

2

Mourning Dove

1

European Starling

4

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

Song Sparrow

11

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

1

Dark-eyed Junco

44

Downy Woodpecker

4

Northern Cardinal

4

Hairy Woodpecker

2

American Goldfinch

1

Northern Flicker

1

Total Species: 29

Weather: Clear and Sunny; 25 - 45 °F

 

March 24, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Pied-billed Grebe

1

Eastern Phoebe

4

Turkey Vulture

2

Blue Jay

5

Canada Goose

8

American Crow

12

Wood Duck

20

Fish Crow

1

American Wigeon

3

Black-capped Chickadee

9

Mallard

39

Tufted Titmouse

18

Common Merganser

11

White-breasted Nuthatch

5

Cooper's Hawk

2

Golden-crowned Kinglet

1

Red-tailed Hawk

2

American Robin

21

Peregrine Falcon

1

European Starling

3

Killdeer

1

Cedar Waxwing

10

Ring-billed Gull

4

Song Sparrow

28

Rock Dove

32

Dark-eyed Junco

55

Mourning Dove

1

Northern Cardinal

4

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

Common Grackle

3

Downy Woodpecker

6

Brown-headed Cowbird

2

Hairy Woodpecker

1

American Goldfinch

5

Pileated Woodpecker

1

Turtle: 2; Garter Snake: 1; Woodchuck: 1; Muskrat: 1; White-tailed Deer: 1

Total Species: 35 (Avian)

Weather: Clear to Partly Sunny; 35 - 50 °F

 

April 28, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Great Blue Heron

2

House Wren

1

Canada Goose

3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

2

Wood Duck

13

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

5

Mallard

6

Hermit Thrush

1

Common Merganser

6

American Robin

27

Caspian Tern

3

Gray Catbird

2

Rock Dove

16

European Starling

24

Mourning Dove

4

Cedar Waxwing

30

Chimney Swift

12

Yellow Warbler

2

Red-bellied Woodpecker

3

Yellow-rumped Warbler

75

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

2

Palm Warbler

1

Downy Woodpecker

2

Eastern Towhee

4

Northern Flicker

4

Chipping Sparrow

1

Eastern Phoebe

2

Song Sparrow

28

Blue Jay

6

White-throated Sparrow

100

American Crow

12

Northern Cardinal

6

Tree Swallow

1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

8

Red-winged Blackbird

1

Black-capped Chickadee

2

Common Grackle

3

Tufted Titmouse

6

Brown-headed Cowbird

4

White-breasted Nuthatch

4

American Goldfinch

14

Carolina Wren

4

House Sparrow

1

Total Species: 44

Weather: Steady Rain for 3 hours; 45 - 52 °F

Soggy Field Guides: 1

Soggy Notebooks: 1

Soggy Observers: 3

 

May 26, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Canada Goose

2

House Wren

2

Wood Duck

19

Veery

2

Common Merganser

6

Wood Thrush

3

Cooper's Hawk

1

American Robin

43

Peregrine Falcon

1

Gray Catbird

31

Rock Dove

6

European Starling

4

Mourning Dove

4

Cedar Waxwing

32

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

1

Yellow Warbler

6

Chimney Swift

12

Magnolia Warbler

1

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

Blackpoll Warbler

8

Downy Woodpecker

1

American Redstart

5

Northern Flicker

4

Common Yellowthroat

1

Eastern Wood Pewee

2

Wilson's Warbler

1

Eastern Phoebe

2

Canada Warbler

1

Red-eyed Vireo

6

Song Sparrow

36

Blue Jay

5

Northern Cardinal

4

American Crow

6

Indigo Bunting

5

Fish Crow

1

Red-winged Blackbird

1

Cliff Swallow

4

Common Grackle

6

Black-capped Chickadee

1

Brown-headed Cowbird

9

Tufted Titmouse

11

Baltimore Oriole

2

White-breasted Nuthatch

3

American Goldfinch

6

Carolina Wren

7

House Sparrow

4

Total Species: 46

Weather: Cloudy-partly sunny; 55-76 °F

 

 

June 23, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Double-crested Cormorant

1

Tufted Titmouse

5

Green Heron

1

White-breasted Nuthatch

3

Common Merganser

6

Carolina Wren

5

Cooper's Hawk

5

House Wren

3

Peregrine Falcon

2

Wood Thrush

5

Rock Dove

3

American Robin

33

Chimney Swift

5

Gray Catbird

19

Red-bellied Woodpecker

3

Yellow Warbler

5

Downy Woodpecker

6

American Redstart

9

Northern Flicker

2

Common Yellowthroat

2

Eastern Wood Pewee

1

Song Sparrow

16

Eastern Phoebe

2

Northern Cardinal

3

Red-eyed Vireo

4

Indigo Bunting

2

Blue Jay

2

Red-winged Blackbird

1

American Crow

15

Common Grackle

14

Fish Crow

1

Brown-headed Cowbird

3

Tree Swallow

4

American Goldfinch

5

Cliff Swallow

6

House Sparrow

3

Black-capped Chickadee

2

Fox Squirrel: 1

Turtles: Several

Mosquitoes: 633,429

Total Avian Species: 37

Weather: Sunny-Partly Cloudy; 75 - 88°F

 

 

July 28, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Great Blue Heron

2

Black-capped Chickadee

2

Great Egret

7

Tufted Titmouse

7

Canada Goose

2

White-breasted Nuthatch

3

Wood Duck

25

Carolina Wren

5

Mallard

1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

2

Cooper's Hawk

2

Wood Thrush

3

Killdeer

6

American Robin

36

Spotted Sandpiper

3

Gray Catbird

33

Rock Dove

9

European Starling

1

Mourning Dove

2

Yellow Warbler

2

Chimney Swift

14

Common Yellowthroat

1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

5

Chipping Sparrow

1

Belted Kingfisher

1

Song Sparrow

28

Downy Woodpecker

8

Northern Cardinal

6

Eastern Wood Pewee

1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

3

Red-eyed Vireo

2

Indigo Bunting

4

Blue Jay

5

Common Grackle

7

American Crow

11

House Finch

5

Fish Crow

2

American Goldfinch

20

Tree Swallow

4

Total Species: 39

Weather: Humid with Showers; 74 - 84°F

 

 

August 25, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Great Blue Heron

5

Fish Crow

1

Canada Goose

19

Black-capped Chickadee

6

Cooper's Hawk

2

Tufted Titmouse

11

Broad-winged Hawk

1

White-breasted Nuthatch

6

Peregrine Falcon

1

Carolina Wren

7

Killdeer

15

House Wren

1

Spotted Sandpiper

3

American Robin

36

Rock Dove

26

Gray Catbird

11

Mourning Dove

2

European Starling

25

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

1

Cedar Waxwing

7

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

Black-throated Green Warbler

1

Downy Woodpecker

5

American Redstart

3

Hairy Woodpecker

1

Common Yellowthroat

4

Northern Flicker

1

Song Sparrow

12

Eastern Wood Pewee

7

Northern Cardinal

7

Eastern Phoebe

1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1

Blue-headed Vireo

1

Common Grackle

1

Red-eyed Vireo

6

Baltimore Oriole

2

Blue Jay

3

House Finch

1

American Crow

10

American Goldfinch

19

Total Species: 40

Weather: Sunny and Pleasant, 69 - 75°F

 

 

September 22, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Great Blue Heron

3

White-breasted Nuthatch

8

Canada Goose

34

Carolina Wren

6

Mallard

16

House Wren

2

Osprey

1

American Robin

24

Killdeer

6

Gray Catbird

32

Rock Dove

22

European Starling

1

Mourning Dove

6

Northern Parula

1

Great Horned Owl

1

Chestnut-sided Warbler

1

Chimney Swift

19

Magnolia Warbler

1

Belted Kingfisher

1

Black-throated Green Warbler

2

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

American Redstart

3

Downy Woodpecker

4

Northern Waterthrush

1

Northern Flicker

6

Common Yellowthroat

4

Eastern Wood Pewee

8

Song Sparrow

19

Eastern Phoebe

2

Swamp Sparrow

1

Red-eyed Vireo

1

Northern Cardinal

6

Blue Jay

15

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1

American Crow

11

Indigo Bunting

2

Black-capped Chickadee

9

American Goldfinch

15

Tufted Titmouse

7

Total Species: 39

Weather: Overcast with Fog; 72 - 73 °F

 

October 27, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Great Blue Heron

3

Tufted Titmouse

4

Turkey Vulture

3

White-breasted Nuthatch

4

Canada Goose

19

Carolina Wren

6

Mallard

12

Veery

1

Red-shouldered Hawk

1

Hermit Thrush

1

Broad-winged Hawk

1

American Robin

2

Red-tailed Hawk

2

European Starling

1

Rock Dove

14

Cedar Waxwing

16

Mourning Dove

24

Black-throated Green Warbler

1

Great Horned Owl

1

Blackpoll Warbler

1

Red-bellied Woodpecker

3

Song Sparrow

6

Downy Woodpecker

2

White-crowned Sparrow

1

Hairy Woodpecker

1

Dark-eyed Junco

5

Blue-headed Vireo

1

Northern Cardinal

4

Blue Jay

13

House Finch

3

American Crow

48

American Goldfinch

35

Black-capped Chickadee

12

Red Fox: 1

Fox Squirrel: 1

Total Avian Species: 33

Weather: Cloudy-partly sunny; 46 - 55 °F

 

November 24, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Canada Goose

84

American Crow

2

Wood Duck

1

Black-capped Chickadee

6

American Black Duck

2

Tufted Titmouse

6

Mallard

3

White-breasted Nuthatch

5

Common Merganser

3

Carolina Wren

5

Cooper's Hawk

1

Hermit Thrush

1

Ring-billed Gull

25

Black-and-white Warbler

1

Rock Dove

10

Song Sparrow

8

Mourning Dove

1

White-throated Sparrow

2

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

Dark-eyed Junco

85

Downy Woodpecker

6

Northern Cardinal

9

Hairy Woodpecker

2

House Finch

1

Blue Jay

3

American Goldfinch

16

Fox Squirrel: 1

Total Avian Species: 26

Weather: Clear-partly cloudy; 39 - 42 °F

 

December 22, 2002

Species

Number

Species

Number

Canada Goose

85

Black-capped Chickadee

11

Mallard

5

Tufted Titmouse

9

Common Merganser

3

White-breasted Nuthatch

5

Peregrine Falcon

1

Carolina Wren

4

Ring-billed Gull

3

American Robin

22

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

European Starling

2

Downy Woodpecker

4

Song Sparrow

4

Hairy Woodpecker

2

Dark-eyed Junco

14

Blue Jay

3

Northern Cardinal

2

American Crow

8

American Goldfinch

1

Total Avian Species: 20

Weather: Mostly cloudy; 30 - 45 °F

 

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